Making your business more secure costs money. A study by Bloomberg Government of 172 organizations in six industries and the government found that they would need to increase their cybersecurity spending almost nine times over — to $46.6 billion from the current $5.3 billion — to achieve security that could repel 95 percent of attacks.

Cybersecurity is clearly an area where federal intervention is warranted to protect the public. The trick will be securing our digital lives without jeopardizing the freedom and flexibility that make them worthwhile. more> http://tinyurl.com/7mp5cwr